Test of Time

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Summary: A typical Jayne Ann Krentz book to enjoy
Review: I have always looked forward to Jayne Ann Krentz's novels andthis one is no exception. It may not have been her best (like GrandPassion) but I still enjoyed it a lot. Garrett Coltrane is JAK's typical hero, a very male person with a chip on his shoulder. He needed to marry Katy Randall to polish up his business image, whereas Katy married him because she loved him. However, Katy had cold feet on the night of the wedding, and suffice to say, both Katy and Garrett had to undergo a period of really getting to know one another. Of course, in the true JAK tradition, there is a mystery to be solved in the process..... An enjoyable read for a free weekend when nobody interrupts me. END

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Summary: Synopsis from book cover
Review: Just Married...
On her wedding night, Katy Coltrane was thrilled by her husband , Garrett , whom she'd secretly adored for years. A devastating lover, he awakened all the passion in her. But ehe second revelation about her groom, the bride greeted with despair....
Garrett was a practical man : he'd chosen a wife to suit his business plans. Yet the more he discovered about Katy, newly fiery and resolute , the less practical he became. Now that he wanted her in every way, was it too late to stop her from leaving him?

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Summary: 3 1/2 stars
Review: The writing in this book is usual JAK, but I really had a hard time warming to this character and her unrealistic attitudes.

She is plain-jane Katy Randall. She is cautious, level-headed and a woman on her own two feet, horse-trainer and breeder at her father's expensive ranch. Years ago, she had a crush on the young man her father hired to work in the barn, Garrett Coltrane. His father had lost his ranch through bad management so Garrett is forced to work.

He returns years later, a wealthy man and read to build a life for himself. He sees Katy and the old sparks are there. She is just what he wants as a wife, a partner to build his future - plus she has the blood-blue backgrounds that Garrett wants. She is no vapid miss, but a 28 year old woman who is perfect for his plans.

The book opens with Katy having an attack of bridal jitters, because she over hears to biddies talking about how Garrett married her to give him the breeding background he lacked. As they head to their honeymoon, she gets snappish, sour and very much the pain in the bum. Garrett is not thrilled to find himself in a honeymoon suit that is a cotton-candy pink nightmare. So frilly any man would balk. Even Katy see the room as enough to give anyone cavities just looking at it, but she get mad at him because he does not appreciate it. OH PLEASE! As the time to go to bed nears, Katy has worked herself into a state that when she utters I love You to Garrett and he does not respond that is ready to get a divorce. The next morning she is ready to call the lawyers - even though she admits to herself she really loves him.

I am sorry, Katy is such a PAIN....I just do not enjoy this sort of Katy/MS Hyde personality she suddenly manifests. It really bad character development and it hurts the book from point one.

Its a reprint, so if you must read all of JAK - then try the library or get it used.

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Summary: 3 1/2 stars
Review: This is NOT JAK at her best but neither is it her worst. Katy starts to get bridal jitters right after the wedding but I never quite understood how she and Garrett came to be in that situation. It seemed there was almost no communication of a personal nature between them before the wedding. But that doesn't jibe with Katy's personality. The Katy we see in the book would have darn well gotten her declaration of love before she married Garrett. So it was hard for me to swallow that Katy would all the sudden freak out after the wedding night. It made Katy look like a total idiot. But once you get past that the book isn't too bad as long as you can handel Garrett's alpha male, condescending attitude.